Mexico Boating Guide

This nautical guidebook for cruising boaters is updated to June 2018, so it's the most up to date. Contains 398 pages, 185 GPS charts, 450 color photos: written by professional mariners, experienced & active yacht cruisers. Mile by mile, no gaps: Mexico Boating Guide covers the outside of Baja, the entire Sea of Cortez (100s of destinations) to Puerto Vallarta, down the Pacific mainland Gold Coast and Costa del Sur to the new Puerto Chiapas. This nautical guidebook is a Must-have for the Baja Ha Ha and Cubar participants. GPS charts of the tiny cruising anchorages, villages, ports for fuel, provisions, all the marinas, haul-out yards, local services. Rains' 185 GPS-accurate charts were created on site to show anchoring details for tiny bays that are too small to appear with sufficient accuracy on government charts. Rains' 450 photos are jaw-dropping beautiful, but show critical approaches by sea, not just pretty sunsets. No fluff. Crew List form, Resource Directory to all the marinas, fuel docks, haul-out yards for repair or dry storage. Made in the USA, the Rains Guide is the most accurate, up to date and thorough authority for cruising recreational boats in Pacific Mexico.

Capt. Patricia Rains (USCG 100-Ton Masters License) is a veteran Mexico cruiser (sail & power) and professional mariner, well-known writer for The Log Newspapers, Cruising World, SEA, Passage Maker, SAIL, and columnist for several national nautical magazines. She's the West Coast editor for BOATUS Magazine. Capt Rains presents cruising seminars for The Baja Ha Ha, the CUBAR Odyssey, Seven Seas Cruising Assoc (SSCA), Southbounders, Trawler Fest, Banderas Bay Regatta, more. As a professional mariner, Pat Rains has covered these waters dozens of times, in different boats - not just once.